This is a dup, and as I already commented in the other one, there is an intent here. That program is known for some time and the goal is to minimize Snowden's revelations so that everyone forgets him.
EU Commission could save some money here. The algorithm to detect sarcasm when speaking of EU Commission is simple, as nobody ever tells anything good about the EU Commission : If a sentence has a positive word, then it is sarcasm.
what about the effects of conditioning people (or leaving the legal door open for them to condition themselves, if you prefer) to respond sexually to minors? There are some very good reasons not to encourage or allow child pornography which doesn't directly involve children.
The same reasoning should cause you to call a ban on violent video games, shouldn't it?
1. Nations can be friends. The US has been more generous then would be justified merely by its strategic interests to its european allies. We didn't need to rebuild europe and we didn't need to even ally with europe.
You confuse nations and governments, sir.
US strategic interests in Europe was to avoid communists taking over France, Italy and Greece. The Marshall Plan happened to be completely in alignment with European countries interests, but it was done because it served US interests. You do not convince tax payers and parliament to give away that much money just to be nice. If that were the case, nobody would be poor in Africa anymore.
3. As to France helping the American colonies to weaken England... we know. Which is why that friendship didn't last. They didn't care about us and would not sacrifice on our behalf unless it suited them. We have already done that for some other allies which means we're either stupid or showing friendship. You decide.
Right, I chose that example on purpose and I think I now understand your position. I will try to sum it up by saying that when US helps another country, it is humanism, whereas if US gets some help (which does not happen today because this is a much greater nation that everything else on earth), it is with other dirty intend in mind. I am not sure it is worth discussing it further, you seem happy with that view of the world, and I would not like to make a friend uncomfortable with an absurdly different point of view..
You do not read what I say. People can be friend, and I hope they are. Governments have no friends, they have interest, which may intersect or conflict with their peers
When US helps Europe reconstruction after WWII, it is not only because Europeans are friends, it is also to fight communism, which was rising in western Europe elections. And when France helped US becoming independent, it was not only because Americans were nice, it was also to weaken England.
On US defense which benefits EU... That is a gift with strings. It binds our governments to US will, and as a result they cover us with shame by treating Bolivia's president like a terrorist, or by hunting for WMD in Iraq. And what is the benefit? For France and UK, which are nuclear powers, it is null. For other western EU countries, which are not under threat of other nations, it is weak. Only eastern EU nations that feel threatened by Russia have a real benefit here.
I did not say anything else. If we limit the discussion to telecom metadata retention, I understand the difference is that US spies the world while France mostly spies its own citizen. That is a few billions against a few millions, hence the difference of datacenter size.
This is just a non binding resolution. Remember the EU parliament does not have legislative initiative. Only the European Commission can propose a EU directive. The EU parliament is not a real parliament, it is just there so that EU can pretend to be democratic.
There the Informatique et Libertés law, that gives you the right to access the data about you, and request them to be corrected or deleted. But as TFA says, that program is in the murky waters of national security, and it is not obvious if security prevail over that law or not. I understand we need someone to go to a court to know.
Of course french people should be concerned, but it is worth noting that this is not PRISM: There is no access to Gmail mailboxes for instance. And as a proof the scope is much smaller than NSA's spying is the size of the datacenter, which fits in a building inside Paris.
But while we get upset, we should not miss why this is revealed right now, while it was obviously known for some time, with parliamentary reports dealing about it. IMO the goal is to minimize Snowden's leaks so that everyone forget about him, and make sure french people do not pressure their government to grant him asylum. And I bet that will work.
The date is a bit arbitrary, but I guess this cannot be resolved. One could prefer the french revolution of 1789, but indeed France existed as a kingdom for centuries before that. And it existed again as a kingdom after that, in 1815-1830.
I am sorry, but I am tempted to call you naive on this one. US government protects EU interests? I wonder where. US government spends money to protects US interests, what do you imagine?
It also gave time for the US to move forces across the Atlantic which was the great struggle of that war for the US.
On that point, it is worth noting that Germans's U-boot ruled high sea during the first part of the war. Only the advance on sonar reversed the game. Allies were unable to start anything serious before that happened.
We are friends.
Sure, I am certain this is the feeling of most Americans and Europeans. However the US government is obviously not our friend. It is not friendly to anyone, not even its own citizen.
As I said, you do not have to approve everything your government does. For instance, I am ashamed of how EU governments have treated Evo Morales.
People throwing away a dictator with the support of army, then People calling for army to get away. Elected president standing against the general will thrown away by army... The path to democracy is not straightforward, and it can take a long time before it settles. For instance, between France first revolution in 1789, and the stable 3rd republic, there had been 90 years of various regimes and revolutions, switching several times between republic, monarchy (absolute or constitutional), and even two so called emperors.
I wonder would the hormonal controllers in the aged brain cause accelerated decrepitude in the new, young body.
I bet it will. Hormones play a great role in aging. Growth and thyroid hormones level go down as you get old, and their production is controlled by the pituary gland, which is in the brain.
Therefore I am convinced that if you put an old head on a young body, the body will get "older" features within 6 months
The US was engaged before the soviets became a credible conqueror.
US entered the war in Nothern Africa in november 1942. That is during the Stalingrad battle on the eastern front, which is the time when Germans started loosing ground to the Red Army. Obviously Roosvelt wanted to get involved earlier, but getting Congress support had been difficult.
The US is a friend to Europe.
What friend would spy on its friends? And it is quite unfortunate to spy UE officials just when starting the TTIP discussions. You do not have to support everything your government does without asking the US people, you know.
You are right, de Gaulle would have been nothing without the FFI, and the FFI would not have freed their country from the Reich without allies' help. But in fact I think France have to thank Stalin, despite the man being what he was. US was not really willing to fight for Europe liberation until communist Russia came into a position to swallow it all.
Claiming de Gaulle was required for a french resistance is as silly as claiming that Eisenhower was required for an effective allied command.
I never said he was required for anything. I just said that he was the strategist that solved the problem of FFI fragmentation, with the help of Jean Moulin and many less known heroes. And once he had been recognized as the leader by the FFI, we was the only one in position to take power in France.
Gaulle was simply the man conveniently at hand that could do the job. The war was bigger then any one man. Had we not had Gaulle, we would have found another.
Assuming "we" is the US here, you have to note that US had never been fond of de Gaulle. He had been ignored as long as possible, and US plans for France was the AMGOT, and not installing de Gaulle as a leader.
How will Firefox OS live within the mobile patent wars? It may attract some vendors if patent free, since it lower the cost. But if that brings success, it will get patent suits.
Slashdot Mirror
This is a dup, and as I already commented in the other one, there is an intent here. That program is known for some time and the goal is to minimize Snowden's revelations so that everyone forgets him.
EU Commission could save some money here. The algorithm to detect sarcasm when speaking of EU Commission is simple, as nobody ever tells anything good about the EU Commission : If a sentence has a positive word, then it is sarcasm.
E. Coli is an usual species in our guts, but it is not always harmless
what about the effects of conditioning people (or leaving the legal door open for them to condition themselves, if you prefer) to respond sexually to minors? There are some very good reasons not to encourage or allow child pornography which doesn't directly involve children.
The same reasoning should cause you to call a ban on violent video games, shouldn't it?
1. Nations can be friends. The US has been more generous then would be justified merely by its strategic interests to its european allies. We didn't need to rebuild europe and we didn't need to even ally with europe.
You confuse nations and governments, sir.
US strategic interests in Europe was to avoid communists taking over France, Italy and Greece. The Marshall Plan happened to be completely in alignment with European countries interests, but it was done because it served US interests. You do not convince tax payers and parliament to give away that much money just to be nice. If that were the case, nobody would be poor in Africa anymore.
3. As to France helping the American colonies to weaken England... we know. Which is why that friendship didn't last. They didn't care about us and would not sacrifice on our behalf unless it suited them. We have already done that for some other allies which means we're either stupid or showing friendship. You decide.
Right, I chose that example on purpose and I think I now understand your position. I will try to sum it up by saying that when US helps another country, it is humanism, whereas if US gets some help (which does not happen today because this is a much greater nation that everything else on earth), it is with other dirty intend in mind. I am not sure it is worth discussing it further, you seem happy with that view of the world, and I would not like to make a friend uncomfortable with an absurdly different point of view..
You do not read what I say. People can be friend, and I hope they are. Governments have no friends, they have interest, which may intersect or conflict with their peers
When US helps Europe reconstruction after WWII, it is not only because Europeans are friends, it is also to fight communism, which was rising in western Europe elections. And when France helped US becoming independent, it was not only because Americans were nice, it was also to weaken England.
On US defense which benefits EU... That is a gift with strings. It binds our governments to US will, and as a result they cover us with shame by treating Bolivia's president like a terrorist, or by hunting for WMD in Iraq. And what is the benefit? For France and UK, which are nuclear powers, it is null. For other western EU countries, which are not under threat of other nations, it is weak. Only eastern EU nations that feel threatened by Russia have a real benefit here.
I did not say anything else. If we limit the discussion to telecom metadata retention, I understand the difference is that US spies the world while France mostly spies its own citizen. That is a few billions against a few millions, hence the difference of datacenter size.
This is just a non binding resolution. Remember the EU parliament does not have legislative initiative. Only the European Commission can propose a EU directive. The EU parliament is not a real parliament, it is just there so that EU can pretend to be democratic.
Thank you for making that clear. Slashdot datacenter article failed to explain what problem they were going to fix.
There the Informatique et Libertés law, that gives you the right to access the data about you, and request them to be corrected or deleted. But as TFA says, that program is in the murky waters of national security, and it is not obvious if security prevail over that law or not. I understand we need someone to go to a court to know.
Of course french people should be concerned, but it is worth noting that this is not PRISM: There is no access to Gmail mailboxes for instance. And as a proof the scope is much smaller than NSA's spying is the size of the datacenter, which fits in a building inside Paris.
But while we get upset, we should not miss why this is revealed right now, while it was obviously known for some time, with parliamentary reports dealing about it. IMO the goal is to minimize Snowden's leaks so that everyone forget about him, and make sure french people do not pressure their government to grant him asylum. And I bet that will work.
...does NSA have a program to record that?
The date is a bit arbitrary, but I guess this cannot be resolved. One could prefer the french revolution of 1789, but indeed France existed as a kingdom for centuries before that. And it existed again as a kingdom after that, in 1815-1830.
I wonder how is it measured. Anyone knows?
It means we protect your strategic interests.
I am sorry, but I am tempted to call you naive on this one. US government protects EU interests? I wonder where. US government spends money to protects US interests, what do you imagine?
It also gave time for the US to move forces across the Atlantic which was the great struggle of that war for the US.
On that point, it is worth noting that Germans's U-boot ruled high sea during the first part of the war. Only the advance on sonar reversed the game. Allies were unable to start anything serious before that happened.
We are friends.
Sure, I am certain this is the feeling of most Americans and Europeans. However the US government is obviously not our friend. It is not friendly to anyone, not even its own citizen.
As I said, you do not have to approve everything your government does. For instance, I am ashamed of how EU governments have treated Evo Morales.
People throwing away a dictator with the support of army, then People calling for army to get away. Elected president standing against the general will thrown away by army... The path to democracy is not straightforward, and it can take a long time before it settles. For instance, between France first revolution in 1789, and the stable 3rd republic, there had been 90 years of various regimes and revolutions, switching several times between republic, monarchy (absolute or constitutional), and even two so called emperors.
Here is an easy fix: remove parliaments.They are an unnecessary slow down for fighting terrorism anyway.
Configure all of your devices to proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic through that intercepting proxy.
If your device does not complain about your self-signed certificate enabled HTTPS proxy, then there is something seriously rotten security-wise
I wonder would the hormonal controllers in the aged brain cause accelerated decrepitude in the new, young body.
I bet it will. Hormones play a great role in aging. Growth and thyroid hormones level go down as you get old, and their production is controlled by the pituary gland, which is in the brain.
Therefore I am convinced that if you put an old head on a young body, the body will get "older" features within 6 months
The US was engaged before the soviets became a credible conqueror.
US entered the war in Nothern Africa in november 1942. That is during the Stalingrad battle on the eastern front, which is the time when Germans started loosing ground to the Red Army. Obviously Roosvelt wanted to get involved earlier, but getting Congress support had been difficult.
The US is a friend to Europe.
What friend would spy on its friends? And it is quite unfortunate to spy UE officials just when starting the TTIP discussions. You do not have to support everything your government does without asking the US people, you know.
You are right, de Gaulle would have been nothing without the FFI, and the FFI would not have freed their country from the Reich without allies' help. But in fact I think France have to thank Stalin, despite the man being what he was. US was not really willing to fight for Europe liberation until communist Russia came into a position to swallow it all.
Claiming de Gaulle was required for a french resistance is as silly as claiming that Eisenhower was required for an effective allied command.
I never said he was required for anything. I just said that he was the strategist that solved the problem of FFI fragmentation, with the help of Jean Moulin and many less known heroes. And once he had been recognized as the leader by the FFI, we was the only one in position to take power in France.
Gaulle was simply the man conveniently at hand that could do the job. The war was bigger then any one man. Had we not had Gaulle, we would have found another.
Assuming "we" is the US here, you have to note that US had never been fond of de Gaulle. He had been ignored as long as possible, and US plans for France was the AMGOT, and not installing de Gaulle as a leader.
How will Firefox OS live within the mobile patent wars? It may attract some vendors if patent free, since it lower the cost. But if that brings success, it will get patent suits.
Microsoft's Windows "Blue" 8.1 update has been long-awaited.
Well, not by me, at least!